Want to get into crypto [Privacy & Advice Flair I guess)

I always knew it existed but didn't even consider it. Now for a few months I've been starting to care more about my digital privacy and found out you don't need an bank account or need to connect it to the bank or whatever to get crypto/get stuff with crypto. So I decided to learn a bit more about it. I decided to use XMR (Monero) as the currency and Cake Wallet for max privacy and compatibility with my devices. (At least from what I've heard, if I'm wrong with that please correct me please ːD) I just wanted to know how I really get into crypto, less for trading and more for really keeping money and buying things with it. Like how do I set it up, max my privacy, what mistakes are there I should not make? Any other tools/sites/apps to use? I also want to know what free ways there are of getting crypto or ways to not buy it with a credit card or similar.

If u guys got anything else I'd love to hear anything you gotta say ːD
Ty